Manufacture of hydraulic cement.



No. 854,342. PATBNTED MAY 2l, 1907.` i B. ENRIGHT. I

. MANUPATURE 0F HYDRAULIC CEMENT. APPLIogTIoN FILED Emma. 1907.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

PATENTED MAY 21, 1907.

B. ENRIGHT. MANUPACTURE OP HYDRAULIC CEMENT.

APPLICATION FILED FEB.25, 1907.

No. 854,342. PATENTED MAY 21, 1907.

B. ENRIGHT. MANUFAGTURE 0I' HYDRAULIC CEMENT.

APPLICATION FILED PEB.25, 1907.

,l `have ,latterly ,been usedffor various indus` 'trial purposes.. l

. handling themafterthey leave the kiln.`

l oxidwhich is i'ncombustible.` Various meth\ `Vcarbon d1ox1d1nto carbon monoxid andfor poses.

of fuel in the operation. .l d It is common in this class ofinventions to 5 5=blow the vfuel mxedwith airinto Ythe kiln in yportions, as to effect complete combustion u therein,` and the products of combustlonin l UNITED ,SArESLrATENT omer.

rib-Bressa Toluall whom, it mag/[concern: l Beit known. that I, lBERNARD '-ENnienfr, a citizen of the UnitedStates of America,l` and a `residentof `South Bethlehem;- county of Northampton, and State'.v of Pennsylvania, 4temperarilyresiding St. Louis, `State of Missourig-rhave.' invented certain new and-useful Improvements in the 'Manufacture of Hydraulic Cement, of vwhich the. following is'a specifica-tion.-

,A .V l i Myv invention relates .particularly to the manufacture' of hydraulic cement, "and es'- pecially to :such processes as involve the use of a rotary kiln in which cement rockforclay and limeor carbonate of\,\lime -isre'duced to clinker -by burning .fuel thereinv inj ectedinto the `kiln `together withair.` The rapid and intense` .combustionin such .kilnsy results `in large volumes .of heated. gasesf vwhich Vwere formerly allowed to go tofwaste, but which i Lettere Patent. .of ,the l Uliitedl states, N6; s1-5 ,oso eflM,reh 13,1 19:06, and No. 834,374 of October` 30, y1906,Were granted to' me for these gases, `.and my present Iinvention'in--kv volves newmethodsof operation whereby such gases maybe used withI great economyy land 4for new. purposes.` Myvlnv-.ention also; involves. certain newmethods of forming-they gases inthe rotarykiln, and convertingand Usually in Loperating rotary clinker-for-Iney ing kilns, .the fuel and air are-,fed in such prothe stack-gases: mainlygconsist of carbon di,

ods have been devised for converting v this using` such `combustible gas. for various -pur- According to myinvention, I so 'regulate the admissionoffueland air-to the rotary kiln as ,"to produce gaszlargely consistingof carbon monoXid'\vi-th,wh1chair is` subsef quently combined. and thismixture isburned to heat driers, boilers, etcwtln, this Way, whilethe `combustion in the rotary kiln is im-` perfectly performed, perfect `combustion is subsequently obtainedso that there is no loss such a manner 'aszto cause it to burn in a` causedU to impinge on' the cementfforming v poses.- Thus there is no lossjof fuel an .BERNARDfENRIGHe 0F `SCHUTH'BETHLEHEM,,@insurer1A. i

" ,iqmwvrecfuaeOFJHYDHUMQGewehri fratenfe'a my 21,1907. f

.i Kpplcation filed February 25,'1807. 1 Serial No; 2359,1'77.

thevkiln or in 'linetherewith 44It is also com-l` mon to `deflect such flame so as to cause it to impinge on the'mate'rialin the bottom of the V kiln.: In the former lease? comA lete combustion has been aimedat 'and the eat imparted fromfradiatien from the axialflame'has been relied-on tojcalcine'and `clinker'the' cement-V forining material. f When the flame has been flamefsubstantiallyparallel with the axis of* material,conpletecombustionhas also been 1produced and a very= intense localized heatas been obtained' which often quickly burns outthe lining ofthe kiln or otherwise in'ures it .I' have found that by causing the a'me to impin .e` on the materialand using a deficiencyo air, -I `can produce the necessary: temperature to xprper cement-forming material without too rapidly `burning out fthe lining, while at `the'same time, producing stack gases rich in carbony monoxid Vwhich lcan subsequently be combinedwith air and burned for yyariousdpurthe process is. economical. I have also discovy calcine or sinter -the i eredthat l may'employ an axial 'iiame but so proportion the air and fuel as to cause incomplete combustion-resulting largely inV carbon monoxldw'lhe fuel andfair so fed can be regulated to producefa lar e amountor volinjuring the linin "and producing largehvol# umes o exceeding y hot nrcombustible gases. ,When com 4lete combustion takes place in therotary accordingjto the old method, the reactionlbetween' the fuel and air (carbon and oxygen needr only be considered) will be re resented, bythe formula', C+ O2 =CO2, in W- 'chI yl' lb; of v'"earb' `)n vwould theoretically combine with aboutil2 lbs;V of "oxygen, or practically a little'less ythan 12 lbs.- of air. l he complete combustionof `1lb. -of carbon would yield about'14,650` British thermal units;` lf, however, "only one'half of the re-A l quired weight of air or 6 lbs. were supplied to unite with. ll lb .1 of carbn, the result would be shown by` thereaction C+ O 00j. "This inf comilete'combustion of `1\lb. of carbon tCO;

s only 4,485^Bfitish thermal units.

fume o f heatsuflicient to ca cine or sinter thev `rnaterialwhile'at the same time not unduly IOO Then if the required quantity of air shouldbe supplied,v vizi.; 6. lbs. complete combustion would beeected being re resented by the i reaction CO+0;='CO2, *an the burnin of the CO to CO,y develo s the remainder o the heat, wiz.,` 10,1165` ritish thermal mnits,

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airto burn, say one half the fuel to and the lother half to CO. Such proportionsl would givein the products of combustion about equal arts by volume to 11% of each as. utinasmuch as the usual ce me'ntormm material furnishes some `carbon d1ox1d om ltsV decompositlon, the reaction actuall taking place under such con ditions woul be lmore accuratel represented by the following analysis of t e stack monoxidl (lO-9.5% nitrogen-'7 1 If the operation is carried ori to produce these results, not onl will something like 50% of the carbon gases rom the fuel be combustible, but suflicient heat is developed in the kilnto reduce the cement-forming material to clinker in the desired way. Theoretical] the heating i power xof the resulting gas wou d be approximatel 35% of the fuel used forzits formation. -It will7 be understood, therefore, that while gases :-carbon dioxid CO,-19.5%., carbonI in other processes, as commonly practiced',

care is t en to effect complete combustion, according to my invention incomplete combustion 1s aimed at. About 50% -of the gases from combustion in the` kiln (excluding nitrogen) bein combustible, as well as highly heatedz canl use the sensible heat of the gases issulng from the kiln and can also by adding o'x gen, burn the carbon morxid to obt'aina gher templerature and to in crease ver largely .this

boilers an other apparatus. l

While my improvements are especially designed for -use 1n connection with arotary f clinker f ormmg cement furnace, they may 5 also be used -in'connection with other furnaces for burning or dryin other materials,

In the accom anying awing's I have shown apparatus or practicing my improved methods of operation, but m :improved eat to heat driers,

- methods may be practiced by ot er I forms of! a paratus, those shown bein 'b way of illustration and as showing t e est ways now known to me of carrying out my inven- 5 5 tion.y

partly'in section of one` orm of apparatus involvingimy invention. In thisvcase my improvements are embodied in an a paratus for calcining or sintering cement roc p or lime stone by a rotary kiln; the products of combustion from the kiln being employed to heat a rotary drier associated therewith. Fig. 2 is a detail view in perspective showin the adjustable means for injecting fuel an air.

Figure l is a view partl in elevation and' necltion` with another kiln.

ltruck or carriage, byl

Fig. 3 illustrates how my improvements may be embodied in'an `apparatus whereinl the Acarbon monoxid' issuin from the-rotary kiln may be combined Wit` air and burned to heat stoves orregenerators. employed in con' 7o F1 4 is a lan view ofthe a paratus shown ingFig. 3. g.

5 shows anot er forni of a paratus in whichthe gases from the rotary ln are combined withr air and used to heat a steam boiler. 7 5 Fig. 6 illustrates another form of apparatus in which thegases are employed to heat ay .steam boiler and afeed water heater. i Fi 7 is a lan view of the apparatus shown in l1 'g.

6. g. 8 shows an a paratus in which the 8o gases issuing from the ln are passed through a gas producer to further enrich them and.' are then conveyed to a gas engine.

In Fig. I, the rotary kiln, A, may beofany approved type. As shown it is a rotaryc inker-forming cement kiln of well-known construction.y yThe material to be calcined or clinkered Vis lfed into the upper end of the kiln from the hopper, A, through the spout, a, and the products of combustion from the kiln pass into achamber, B, (which I call a mixing chamber) provided at' the top with a ,l stack, B', having a damper, l). 'The bottom of the chamber is preferably inclined at'^b and provided with a door, b2, and a s out, b3, adapted to deliver to ba carrier, Air portsb, are provided in the lo'wer portion of the chamber, B, and other air orts, b, vat a higher 'elevation are also, rovi; ed therein.

' C indicates a rotary rier of ,well known zoo construct/ion which is adapted to deliver theA ldr-iedmaterial into 'the chamber,B, in the manner indicated.` This drier is. suitablyy mounted to rotate in the usual way and its upper or outer end extends into a stack. c

amber .or hood, D, at the top of which is aI stack, D', provided with a damper, d. The material to be dried is fed fiolnthe hopper, D and through the spout, d', t'o the drier.

'indicates a cylindrical'section permano nentlyattached to the Walls of the `chamber`,. B, and E indicaltes. a movable' cylindrical section which, when' in the position shown 'rf t Fig. 1, serves to join the mner end of the drier'w th the section and thus estab-115 lishes al unbroken communicationbetween the 'drier and the-chamber. The movable sec-tion, E', is shown' as being mounted on a.

means of which -it may be removed an opening thereby left in the chamber, B, may be closed by securing a suitable plate to the outer end of thesection, E. These devices are of well known construction and need not be further described. Vf.

Air and fuel arednjected into the opposite end of the kiln, A in the manner presently described., The clinker formed in the kiln r passesy down y'through a. chute, F, formed withina casing produced by enlarging the 13o 'enthisisfdone theizo imod, at the tuali-fees edf of the kil-1i.- The bottom',fof:.the chutemayfbe made of metal linedwithfireebrick.and iti-isperio# .andas the-clinkerffalls from` the'kiln it drops acts to cool,-to @some ,vextentpthe clinker While itself` being lfleated, and this heated air; passes into the kiln fand-.helps vto `support,

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combustion rtherein: Other `valved openingshfaymaybe providedyand a` gatef, may

. be em IQyedto-hOld thecl-inkerf in the chuteI until t e `latter-is`"full', then-the gate may-bey openedor `partially 1 opened*tof@allowl f the olinker to pass through thetchute,therateiof j delivery being aboutequal'to the rate of supi; ply. ln this Way. suficient'felink'erismain-, tained in the fohutef ytoi heat the incoming `air to quitea `high temperature;l After-dropping from they ,fb atfle'platesfthe: clinker `talls into the clinker pit, QG, :and i :isi taken up byf :a-.f bucket conveyer,y Gl, operafting in-v as suitable l housing, G2, andi delivered "toY ythe stack', I-If,

3o ot a clin'kerzeoolen-HZ, o'wellf'knownxconl struction.'` Air i isf' admittedi f to -1 the acli-nker cooler at V:hi and.: :passes iupwardly v therein meeting the clinker as: it'falls, serving to cool it Iland itseltvlbecoming 'heated'. lVVgater Vma be sprayed f onto the clinker`1` in fthe chuteg by fa spraying deviee,-I vsu plied through a pipe, l. -Y This 'serves to lgurther, cool i v the.

` yclinker inthe 'chute 'aridhydrogen'lgas from the decomposition'ofthe'steam in' the kiln is 4o, produced Whichservesffto further enrich'the combustible'gasesformed or set free* in the kiln;` `-Any suitable kind of fuel'may be'em` ployedy-eitlieriin?. a .powdered,j gaseous, 'or ioluid` torni: fI prefer td use powdered fuel, which it may beas'sumedis rstored inV aboX iorI hopper,J, and passes therefrom through a pipe, Jyhavin'g aregulating valvejy".

` As shown in Figi 2 the pipe; lJ g is providedl With a branch pipe', "Jg,- communieatin"gI with'V a three-Wayy coupling;"J3,V provided with a` nozzle, al, `extending toward 1 the kiln; Heated lair :from the clinker coolerpasses out? at the? top through' a vpipej-*K/and vdown through'a famili,` to` a pipe, l, connectedwith' 55 -anozzle, Ll provided with a valve lc and eX# tending into thethree-Wayicenpling, J3, and servingy to -injeo't'lthe fuel'finto the furnace. Thegpipe; y"K, is' preferably? provided with a .valvedi branch ypl'pefK; by means of which atmospheric ori- 1'nlj1eatedr airrmayyif desired befadmitteds {"A'lfurther supply of air may be obtained by causing` theinezzle, J4., to pass through a cone,-M,'{se ci1red to the 'heod, l,`A and'provided 7at' its rear or larger end with a l 65 trotarydamper'or va'lve,'fM", of wellknown ose .theperforations in the 'bottorn,1 f, of the chute, i and' also to regulate the sizeofthe openingsitherein lartleplates,` f2, projectntathehood fr'onifthebottom','1f,

from plate` tol plate and'fxthe `air entering vthrough the perforations'i iny the bottom,-f,l

y-'oonstructiom by adjusting'vvhich-theiamount iof Aair admitted may be regulated-` -ltwvill be 5 observed that the nozzle, J4, extendsithl'ugh an elongated o ening, m, in therear end: of *the'cone, an`d t le pipe Connectionsfabovejde scribedare suohithat the fuel,v andcons'equently the'lame, 'maybe caused togpas's into the kiln inline with or parallel with :the l .Y axisther'eof, or it may be inclined toward the bottom so 'as t`o 'impinge' agains'tftheV cement-I form'ingma'terial-fl I so. regulate the admissionof fueland air as to produce incomplete 'combustion in the kiln, A, in order that gases rich in earbon monoxid may be -deliveredbythe ro'tary kiln'. The proportions' of rairancl fuel supplied to the'kilnf should besuchfas to" produce partial combustionfin orderjto obtain/l the Yheatineces`.-l sary 'to'produce theeli'nker; but the sa'me Atime,flfsupply s'ucl an'ezees'jsorfel; 'er such a .ideeieney f for airl as: to@ ailskw' 'obtain *stadt lgasesrichfin carbrifrnonoxidl nE the -a'p'pa 'ratus"shown`- in' Fig. f1, as' seon "as the'gase's leave the kiilnthey enterfthefchainber, B, and are 5 mixed Withiair fadmitt-ed f in regulated quanti ties 'i through the' :p'orts U4; 125;? being burned here, they passdirectly'into the drier; C', "dry the "material "therein, and .then pass 4u-t through the cjhamben "D 'and stack, I'Di' The dried material ffallsj into' lthe chamber, B, and piles up therein as indicated. j 'It'may be Withdrawn ii-rom time to timey through" the doer', 62.! Preferablys'omeof the air passes up v"thrnugh the "dried material 'before mixing :with the carbon monoxid ,soas' t'o cool to Lsome extent the driedfmaterial andto itself become heated, while additional air may be su plied above the pile, 7'as indicartrid.l Any s'o id 4n'oaterial' coming/over Witl'the gases is caused to vall'fto thelbottm of'theichamber, B, and 'commingle Withthe dry material re` ceived from the drier, C,b`y means of the delctors; N,-and this materiale@ thus :be saved .and 4returnedA `to` theY kiln aftenbeing pulverized l Preferably I'prov'ideal smalljiire, 0, which ,maybe in a com artinent'o'pened a'nd'losed by a door, o.' T 'is i's ifor'the purpose "ofin'i-Q tiall'yt igniting Athelgases` in the chamber, This fire may be a very small one and itm'ay. be onlyused for a shoi'tttim'e,l or it maybe mantainedfor an'indelinitetimeor nlyjused p when necessary," :It is obvious that While' the sensible heat from 'the rotaryfkiln is very great and may be used for" drying purposes, it' is` not near 'so great asthe heat producedbyl ,combining with the sensible heatfrorn the rotary kilnf the heat produced bythe `combustionA ofthe carbon monokid gasesiinthe mannerabovespeoiiied. 12;

, In Figs.. 3 and 4y` ofthe drawings Ifhav'e, show'nna modified Lform yof 'apparatiis.` `i` In; this case'the lrotary kilndeliversinto a chainber, B, similar' in some respects to the' ehamber," B","'i1iy` "Figi q1,' `but instead of 'havng the air traverses t gases issuing. from the rotary kiln are mixed cially useful where Sui table valves are shown for regulating the gaspasses through only one regenerator at a ing apparatus, T3: The conduit, Q, has sepa-l rate communications, g, g', g2, gf", with the re.

.suitable valves as indicated. The heatedy Preferably the regenerators are worked in chamber through Which dust or Iother solid v ormany purposes. As indicated in Figs. 3

air ports, b, b5, air is admitted at p `to airl heating pipes P Within the chamber. lThe he sinuous course indicated and leaves the heater at p ably provided in the bottoni` of-t e mixing matter-ma be removed and the air inlet, is provide with a valve, s, to regulate tiie l amount of air adiiiitte Preferably, asl' shown in Fig. 4, the chamber, B, communi. cates with a conduit, Q, leading to a fan, QL', which communicates with a stack, Q2. tthe point, R', is arran ed a fire-place similar to that indicated at'O in Fi 1, and for a similar purpose, i. e., to initialy ignite the gases in or issuing from the mixing chamber. It will be understood that the carbon monoxid with the proper proportions of air and are ignited producing intense heat supplementing the intense sensible heat of the incombustible ases. The heat thus derived may be used and 4, it is employed for heating regenerators, S, S', S2, Ss.. This arrangement is espeproducer gas is employed in the rotary kiln.

In Fig. 4, T,y indicates a gas producer which is connected by a pipe, t, and `branch ipes, t', t2, with theregenerators, S, S".

passage of gas through these regenerators, and it will be understood thatthe producer time. The-heated producer gas passes by pipes, t,t4, to the injecting apparatus, T. Air is suppliedto the injecting apparatus through apipe, T", communicating by branch pipes, t5, with the regenerators S', S2, and pipes, t, t7, communicating with the injectgenerators and these communications have gasesmay be caused to pass from the conuit, Q, through any o the regenerators.

pairs, that is to say, one regenerator is used to heat gas and another air, while the other two regenerators -are being'heated by the gases from the conduit, Q. After these last mentioned regenerators are 'heated sufliciently and the other two regenerators have beenI cooled down the arrangement of the Irege'nerators lis shifted so as to pass the producer gas and air' through the heated regenerators, and so on. Of course, if powdered fuel is employed, two of the regenerators` may be omitted and the others may be used for heating the air. Whathas just been described'` is merely for illustrating one of ythev many .ways in which the hot gases from the mixing chamber may be employedtto heat various forms of apparatus. It will be' understood that in A door, p2 lis prefer- .and the valve, e, is

feeds a second kiln, A. The hot gases'miglit -be em loyed 'to heat regenerators for aseries of ilns. A.

In Fig. 5, have shown how the hot gases may be employed to heat a steam boiler. In this figure of the drawings I have shown a slight modification in the manner of .handling the clinker. Instead of elevating it bya bucket conveyor to a clinker cooler, it isl shown as being carried off by a conveyer, F4. The chamber,l B, and its appurtenances are substantially the same as those shown in Fig. 3, and thelinitial igniting device, R, is the saine. The hot gases pass into a boilersetting, U, up around the tubes, U,4 over a partition U2, then down around the tubes and through a conduit, U", to a fan, U4, and thence to a stack, U.` This stack may be provided at the top withl a damper, u, and at thebottom with another'damper, fw', to regulate the draft through the stack. I have shown a familiar 1form of boiler, but the special construction ofthe 'boiler and its appurtenances is not of great importance` except that the tubes should be exceptionally wide apart to permit free passage of as.,v

I may sup lement 'the heatof t e gases from the kiln by an Ordinar furnace, or such a furnace can be provided or the keeping up steam when the rotary iln is not in operation. In Figs. 6 and 7 I have shown an apparatus for this purpose.

As indicated in Fi 7 i the ases froin the rotary kiln pass to a c amber, and then to a pipe or conduit, Y, whichhasa valved branch pipe, V leading to the stack, W. A

valve, v, .is also provided in the main pi e, V.

If this,valve is closed and the valve in the branch. pi e, V is o en, the' gases from the kiln may e allowe 'to pass directly to the stack. If, lhowever, the valve, v', "is'closed (pened, lthe hot gases can pass to the boiler, which is the same in,

construction and arrangement as' that shown.

in Fi 5. v' IngFig. 6, I have shown a furnace, X, of

ordinary construction which communicates over thepartition, U, and commingle with lwith the interior of. the boiler setting. The 1products of combustion may pass' up and the hot gases from the kiln, or the gases pass` 4 ing from the furnace, X, over the partition may be used. alone when required to keep u steam. I may also use in connection wit the apparatus described, a feed water heater, r Y. is is arranged in a chamber, Y', communicating with the boiler, U. The water may be admitted at y, ass through the feed water heater, Y,. and t en pass b the pipe y', to the boiler. The chamber, communicates by means of a passage, Z, with a fan, f

Z', which communicates with the stack, W. I have shown several forms `of apparatus in which my invention may be embodied. I

Which a rotary kiln or its equivalent is suitable.

The fuel used in the kiln `may be coal, oil,

gas, orother suitable fuel. s One or more rotary kilns may be used .in connection With one 0r more driers, boilers or other apparatus, or one or more rotary kilns may be used in connection with a single drier, boiler, or'V other apparatus.. Theapparatus to be heated can e located in line Wlth the rotar kiln, or it may beotherwise arranged. 'le'I preferably use a rotary drier, when a drier of any kind is employed, other forms of driers may be used, and any suitable temperature may be maintained therein todry shale, clay,

lime stone, rock, ore, orother material, or if.

the apparatus is operated to obtain a sufficiently high temperature, I may employ the hot gases to calcine various materials. It will thusbe seen that one of the principal objects of my invention is to increaseor add to the sensible heat ordinaril obtained from a rotary kiln, and to use t 'e hot gases thus brought to a high temperature to heat-other a paratus, the `process being so conducted `t at while there may be some loss in the rotary kiln,""this loss is compensated by subsequent combustion'of the combustible gases in other adjacent apparatus. The economy-0f my method will be a preciated when it is rememberedthat in t e ordinarymethod of operating rotary kilns from 35% to 50%, or evenmore of the fuel used is lost by what goes to Waste up the stacks.

I preferably, as illustrated in the drawing, mix air with thecarbon monoxidgV soon after it leaves therotary kiln, but this air may be `admitted at any suitable point.

*""The carbon monoxid thus produced in increasedfquantities in the rotary kiln may not be immediately mixed With air, it maybe conveyed to a gas engine, if desiredand used there in the usual Way, in whichv case the means shown for spraying water on the clinker and carrying the steam .to be converted into hydrogen gas into the kiln, and the devices for mixing air with the gases issuing from the kiln, Will, ofcourse, be.

omitted, and the carbon monoxid would be taken by a suitable receiver placed near the exit end of the kiln. ,l

In, Fig. 8 I have shown how my improvements may be combined with a gas producer Where the gases issuing from-the kiln may be further enriched by changing their carbon dioxid into carbon monoxid. As shown the.

kiln, A, delivers to a chamber, B, Which'is similar in some respects to those shown in Figs. 1 and 5, but no means 1s provided for admitting air tc this chamber. Dust is, however, deposited in the chamber by hmeans of .baflle plates, N. The gases pass through arf 4 lvalved pipe, N', to a fan, N2, and thence through a pipe, N 3, to the producer, N, which may be of any ap roved construction. may be admitted at 5 or at any suitable point to the producer. From the producer the gases -may pass to a gas scrubber, N6,

of any suitable'construction, and ma thence pass to a gas engine, N7. The gases om the producer may, however, be conveyed else-` where and used for other purposes.

Again referring to the general principles involved in my invention, and especially to that part of my invention Which relates to the manufacture of cement 'and in the utilization of gases issuing from a rotary kiln, the

method of operation and the economy resulting therefrom may be illustrated by a comparison of they old method of operation With that of my present invention.v i

Assuming that a cement plant uses in its rotary kilns 120 lbs. of coal per barrel of cement and has its stackgases of such temperature that the heat Wasted up the stack represents 40% of this fuel consumption, (which is a conservative and-usual proportion with a 60 foot kiln)and considerthat the same plant uses 65 lbs. of coal under the boilers er barrel of cement for developing power, an for the purpose of this theoretical calculation, consider the calorific power of the fuel to be the same as that of carbon, 1 lb. burnin to C()2 `developing 14,650 British therma units, and 1 lb. burning` to `CO develo ing 4,485' British thermal units the CO urning to CQ'2 then further developing 10,165 British thermal units which figures, While not absolutely accurate, are sufliciently clse for/the purposes ofthe calculation. The amount of heat developed in the kiln per barrel of cement by the ordinary perfect combustion of the fuel is 120 X 14,650 1,758,000 British thermal units, of which 703,200 British thermal units escapesvup the stack and I about 440,000 British thermal units is reuired to expel the CO2 and moisture from t e charge of the kiln and about 190,000- British thermal units is carried-out With the clinker, the remainder of the heat being lost by radiation, etc. The perfect combustion of the 65 lbs. per barrel of cement under the boilers develops 952,250 British thermal units. 4

' Consider now that the same kiln is oper- ,ated according to my process as herein described and that 140 lbs. of coal per barrel of cement are burned in the rotarv kilninstead of the 120 lbs. as before, and that the f amount of air admitted is so regulated that about 110 lbs. of the fuel is burned perfectly to C()2 and about 30 lbs. is burned incompletely to CO. Consider further that the Waste' gases, both by their lsensible heat and roc.

the heat developed by the combusion of their CO, are used to heat boilers. The amount of heat thus obtained and applied would then be represented by the followin statement 110 lbs. coal burning to CO2- evelops 110 14,650 1,611,500 B. T. U. 30 lbs. coal burning to CO developsl 30 X4,485 134,550 B. T.

U. A total heat of 1,746,050 B. T. U. an amount approximately the same as before, thus permitting the operation of the clinkering, etc. in the rotary kiln to continue about as usual. The of the yheat escaping to the stack wouldv then represent 698,420 British thermal units andl completing the combustion ofthe 30 lbs. coal which originally Were only .burned to CO wouldl develop 30 10,`165=304,950 British thermal units, this added to the 698,420 British thermal units makes a total' of 1,003,370 British thermal units available for heating the boilers, being an amount considerably in excess of the 952,250 British thermal units required ordinarily at the plant in question. The economy in this, case consists' then in performing with the 140 lbs. of coal per barrel'of cement used in a rotary kiln operated in accordance with my invention, ,the same effect which would re uire in the ordinary practice 120 65 185 bs. of coal perbarrel'v of cement. A saving 'in the case named, by way of illustration, of nearl 25% of the total fuel consumption for ca cining and for power. i

I claim as my invention 1. The herein described process of dryingl or calcinin calcareous, mineral, olf-similar v material, w ich consists 1n feeding fuel 'and air to'a rotary kiln, to 'which such materialis supplied, in such proportions as to develop in the kiln, by the complete combustion of part of the fuel and the partial combustion of the remainder, a heat sufficient to dry, to

calcine or to clinker the material, Iand also, by the deficiency of air supplied or the excess of fuel to lroduce stack gasesl rich in carbon monoxi suitable-when mixed with. air to be, burned for heating or operating other apparatus. i

2. The herein described processfof caleinl l l y rotary kiln in such proportions as to developl in the kiln by the complete combustion of part of the fuel and the partial combustion ofthe remainder, aheat sufficient to ealci'ne. .or to clinker the cement-formin material fed to the kiln and also bythe de ciency` of air supplied' or the excess- 0f fuel to produce stack gases rich incarbon monoxid suitable when mixed with -air to be burned for heating or operating other apparatus. 3.' The herein described process 'of calcining or clinkering cement-forming materialI .so l

which consists in feeding fuel and air toa rotary kiln, to 4which such material is su 1plied, in such proportions as'to develop in t e iln by the complete combustion of part of the fuel andthe partial combustion of the remainder, a heat sufficient to calcine or tol clinker such material and also by the deto produce stack gases rich in 'carbon monoxid suitable when mixed with air to be burned 4and in causin the flame of the burningfue ciency of air supplied or the excess of fueli Within the kin to impinge on the cement` forminfJF material to clinker it.

4. The herein described process of drying or calcinin materlal W 1ch consists'm feedm fuel and air to 'a rotary kiln, to which suc material is supplied, in such proportions as todevelop jin the kiln by the complete combustion of part of the fuel and the partial combustion vof the remainder, a heat sufficient to dry,

tocalcine or to clinker such material and alsol by the deciency of air supplie d or the -excess of fuel to produce stack gases rich in carbon monoxid and then further enriching such stack gases by passing them through-a.

gas producer.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto lsubscribed my name`.

BERNARD ENRIGHT. v

Witnessest l j HENRY A. BEoKERs', ANNA BEcxIJRs.

calcareous, mineral, or. similar.. 

